Home made pet food
We are considering making our own dog food. If anyone has comments about THIS particular method & product we'd love to hear them. Thank you.
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WandaLust2 wrote:Pawz4me wrote:
If I were going to prepare my own dog food, I would educate myself extensively first. Two reputable sources of information IMO are:
Monica Segal (K9 Kitchen, as BCSnob mentioned above) and
Sabine Contreras
Exactly! Just buying a sack of raw meat and a supplement wouldn't be wise. But any of the good recipes out there (by Lic vets/nutritionists) are an improvement over the commercial kibbles. As for being cautious with raw meat... well aren't we all unless we're vegetarians? My husband and myself always wash our hands thoroughly after handling raw meat we cook for dinner.
Raw meat doesn't scare me until it's ground up. If there's any contamination, the grinding process distributes it nicely throughout the meat, where it can multiply. Also, a grocer is allowed to 're-grind a certain amount of older meat back into the new. So making up a nice batch of raw hamburger with other ingredients (and the risk for further contamination during that process) strikes me as risky. Yes, I know a dog will eat a week-long-dead squirrel and survive - but I wouldn't feed that for dinner!
Don't get me wrong, I like a nice burger on the grill. I just want it well-cooked.
